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Quote by Fidel Castro

“The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.”

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro, born on August 13, 1926, and died on November 25, 2016, was a former Prime Minister of Cuba. He was a key figure in the Cuban Revolution, leading the successful overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime in 1959 and establishing the Republic of Cuba. Castro's political career and leadership style had a profound impact on Cuba and the Latin American region. more

“American humorist Kin Hubbard said , "It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be". The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: "If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?" Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue... Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

America Poverty

Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as though they were two different races, like Negroes and white men. But in reality there is no such difference. The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. Change places, and handy dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? Everyone who has mixed on equal terms with the poor knows this quite well. But the trouble is that intelligent, cultivated people, the very people who might be expected to have liberal opinions, never do mix with the poor. For what do the majority of educated people know about poverty?”

Poverty Rich Capitalism Equality Socialism Communism Marxism Orwell

Book:Down and Out in Paris and London

Source: Down and Out in Paris and London

“There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live for thirty-five years, so that others can live for seventy years? Why should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich? I speak on behalf of the children in the world who do not have a piece of bread. I speak on the behalf of the sick who have no medicine, of those whose rights to life and human dignity have been denied.”

Poverty Revolution Capitalism Communism

Author:Fidel Castro

“नीलमणि ने जब प्रवरा की आँखों में देखा, तो उसे लगा जैसे उनमें अथाह प्रेम का कोई सागर उमड़ रहा है। नीलमणि ने जब प्रवरा को उस मूक समर्पण के भाव में देखा, तो उसकी आत्मा में स्थित प्रेम अब मूर्त रूप लेने को विकल हो उठा। निराकार अब साकार होने को व्याकुल हो उठा। पुष्प की श्रद्धा उसे अपने आराध्य तक खींच लाई—वही श्रद्धा जिसे अभिव्यक्त करने में शब्द असमर्थ थे। अंततः दोनों ने माया-रूपी-शरीर को निराकार तत्व की अनुभूति का साधन मान लिया- वही माया जो दो निराकार तत्वों के विलय में बाधक भी थी और एक-मात्र माध्यम भी।”